How To Speak Cork: Lesson #1 

I had to watch and listen to this because my father was born in Cobh back in 1923 but moved ‘across the water’ in 1948 where he basically rebuilt the UK singlehanded 😉 After he passed away in 2008, I realised I didn’t have any record of his voice. He’d use things like: “Ahhh don’t be bold!” Whenever I misbehaved as a child and everything good was ‘grand’. His creativity in swearing was legendary and I remember this vividly! Hearing ‘pure’ took me right back to hearing his voice again, I’d forgotten that one. Thank you ☺️

Jonny , I'm pure pissing myself laughing 😂😂 This is hilarious ! Keep up the cork videos (:

My Dad was from Cork City (the South Side). Love this - there's nothing like a Corkonian voice to make me smile. Thanks. :)

OMG, thank you! I was dying about half way through this. Totally brilliant. Take this act on the road. ;)

I’m from limerick and now I think I’m from cork because I use all of that

I wasnt lost cuz some of them words are from the language can't which is a language spoken by Irish travellers. So if we are in public and having a private conversation no one understands

you crack me up jonny... laughed so hard with that full sentence lmao :p keep putting smiles to your viewers! xoxo

Lived in Cork all 18 years of my life and I still need to be reminded of a Cork Accent, Dublin is so easy

Love the vid Jonny! My boyfriend is from Cork and sometimes I don't get what he's saying. Thanks for decoding Cork-talk.

I enjoyed this video because our accents are very similar, and I'm Bajan so it was easy to understand you. Well, except for the slang lol.

Your 3 accent lessons are so helpful! I'm performing in a public play reading of Green & Blue by Laurence McKeown, and I need to nail that Cork accent for my character Eddie,

Omg I've been learning english all my life but I couldn't understand a word of what you said! This is hard!

My partner is from Bir and told me that he can't understand people from Cork. When we met, he was helping me with my ancestry. He was shocked because both sides of my family came from Cork, a long time ago. I'm from Texas and I think I can understand the accent better than he can. Lol. But maybe it's because my da sounded like Boomhauer, in King of the Hill. I'll have to investigate similarities between Texas and Cork. 😁

OMG Jonny absolutely lolling 😂😂😂 feckin loved this!!!!!!

I'm from the South US and we use the word Pure to add emphasis !

this is interesting. I'm from Trinidad and Tobago and I've sometimes heard people day they think we sound kind of Irish. I've heard some things in this and other videos that make me think we did absorb some Irish slang and accent into our way of speaking. one thing I find interesting, is that up until the late 80s, we used to use the expression, "that real cork " to mean something was very cool. I only know realised there is a place in Ireland named cork. ..and I'm wondering if this is the Genesis of our expression

what's the craic bai how da boi's oh jaysus

sounds very Newfoundland to me. Cant wait to go to Cork in October

Im irish, yet dont have an irish accent or know stuff about irish culture, and thats due to being born somewhere else, i have gone to ireland a few times, but i still dont have an accent, so as im bored ima try to develop one of the accents (even though ive never been to cork)

So accurate😂 I have a thick cork accent and I was pissing me self over the shite I'd be saying 😂

MORE! :) haha I really enjoyed this, and just love the way you speak!

when i go to see my aunt in england (btw she is irish as well) and i just talk like a pure traveller in england

your cork accent was on point lad.

Irish English features made their way to New World accents such as Minnesota, Charleston, St. Louis, and most of the East Coast. Also, outside of the US the West Indies were heavily influenced by Irish English. oh and American English is pretty much English from England spoken with an Irish accent. we say "like" all the time like

Omg I live in Cork too! In the south side by Douglas

I am a Chinese girl who looooves Ireland and I've been there for plenty of times. I really love your accent!! I've been to Cork and Dublin and I think both accents are SOOOO cute.

Wish I'd of found this video.ages ago i looked after a old lady from cork.she.was.called Mary and it makes sense now.i loved her Acc ent x

Fascinating as there is some crossover to Scouse especially "laa" and "like"!

I'm a writer who has to write about a character from Cork. I had heard that people in Cork speak two octaves higher than everyone else, but I couldn't find a video or recording of the Cork accent. Well. I just watched one with a guy doing a Dublin accent, and then this one. I lost it (American for laughing hysterically)! I couldn't believe it! It is true. You guys have high voices. I'm laughing so hard right now.

I think I might love you ( the accent every time )

Corcaigh abú❤️

Cork Limerick Belfast and Dublin have their own unique accents .I feel like Galway is left out big time

As a former briefly Corkonian person from Arizona, I'm laughing my you-know-what off.

The similarities to scouse are striking, like, pure, la, meet, keep sketch (or dixie) all pretty standard and all mean the same here! The rest of England come here and don't have a clue like.

Hi Jonny, we love the Cork accent videos. They're the best videos online to learn about the unique Cork accent sayings from a native speaker. We've sent you a private message about them. Best Regards. WLA.

To the West Indian/Badian guys commenting, it's fascinating that you hear a marked similarity with your accent and the Cork accent. tbh I don't really see it; I'm kinda reverting to cliché here, but I hear the Cork accent as like the aural equivalent of a Pachinko game, a bit like a turbo-charged, Japanese version of pinball- in other words fast and ricocheting allover the place; whereas I feel like Caribbean accents have this warm, mellow thing going on.. almost STATELY.. For my part, when I lived in London my accent was most often taken for Geordie, or frequently Welsh. Hafta say though, I'm flattered by the comparison (with the Badian/Trinidadian[?] accents; and yes, I do know they're pretty well opposite ends of the Caribbean, it was you guys pointed out the similarity in accents), I love those 'warm, brown' tones- I did say it was cliché time! - especially of your more upper class West Indian accents . I didn't mean that in a snobbish way though, my own accent is 'pure' (a-ha ha) 'c'mereIwantchaa'! I will say though, I don't care much for those kind of put on 'Ja-Fakin' accents you get with these Ali G types. maybe that's where the similarity is coming from. The kids are copying you (ye)! I'm joking- sort of; I know I'm being fanciful here but if the numbers of West Indians goes up sufficiently or those of ye already here were to act sufficiently cool- well who knows!? and if not, never mind, you can turn the kids on to snapper and curried-goat and rice'n'peas and dragon stout. Sorry - I know that that's as if the first time ye were in Cork ye asked for crùbíns (pigs-trotters), boiled spuds, cabbage and Guinness -and the locals were eating KFC and drinking Fosters.. Anyway, gonna call time on the writing for now before I REALLY start shite-talking! lol!

Hi Jonny, I am Ray from Belgium. Very interesting video.

I live in Cork to!!!!! Duia duit!!!! Oh my the word (Like) we use that all the time and (I would yeah) 😂😂😂😂😂😂 everything you said is sooooooooooooo true and it's making me think😂

This is madness!

Unreal. Just met an Irish girl trying to explain the accents to me....it all makes sense now.

I'm from the glen myself boy its the place to go for a strong cork accent

I have a Scooby legit right next to me … props

Hello , I am Mara the Blog Po aí, Irlanda (Why then , Ireland ) and found it very interesting and shared on Facebook in Brazilian Cork communities, OK???? Regards,

I am from Cork and this sounds just like me. But I go to a high school in London in some people just can't understand me

Learning about my Irish gg grandparents..they were from the Cork area, though I don’t know the specific local. They immigrated in 1887 to the US. Would they have spoken Gaelic? & the Cork accent? Still researching this little known side of my fam. But proud to include Ireland in my heritage..I’m also of Scottish background.

I hope to travel there one day.That’s where my heritage was from.My maiden name was Kerr.

interesting and ... very entertaining .... good job

Loved it! great video!

Brilliant!!!

I love your Pirate accent

OMG IT ANNOYES ME SOO MUCH WHEN MY MOM KEEPS SAYING LIKE LIKE LIKE IM JUST LIKE LIKE WILL U FLIPPIN STOP LIKE ITS SO ANNOYING LIKE

I love the Cork accent. ☺️

i am from west Cork

Great video, cheers!

Go on Johnny! ! Im in Cork aswell , midleton is the best!

- fadging. Mostly in youghal. - a 50. Is one that no one would understand that. -buckshee People need to a cork course before they arrive Like. Lol.

Best video ever !!😂😍

Is “pure” used in conjunction with adjectives of quality only? Or can you use it with any word?

Oh my god im going to Cork next week (im from Belgium) and i have no idea of what you said... this is going to be funny 😁

I would yeah!!! 😬 I'm dead 🤣🤣

My granda is a norry and I’m from cork 2

I live in Boston but my whole family and mom is from the glen

I havr never heard anyone say "Story" as hello. I thought it was "whats the story"

Just learned how to deal drugs in Irish

im from the Ballinhassig but i was born in Gran

Holy cow. I wud yaa sounds like Cantonese.

I'm living down in TIPP and we speak de exact same boii

But a lot of what you’re saying isn’t just from Cork. Most of these are Irish sayings and slang. I love Cork, live in Ballincollig for 5 years and my Granny & Grandad are from outside Malloy.

What part of da glen did ya grow up?? I'm from comeragh park 👌🏼👌🏼😁😁

Starts at 1.51

I live near the cork city stadium

Like. I hit the Like button, like. 😁

im from west cork and dont have a clue what he is saying like I ubderstand his accent like but the pure like cork city/north slang I dont get

take a look Proxima Curva and *****, very interesting

Well done!:)

I'm here after Blind boy.

Where are the shades boi?? Deer deer deer😂 ( There they are there)

Ur fucking the funniest s person ever I'm from nenagh 😂 and still u sound so different

I'm from Cork😁😁

This is why Corkonions took to facebook so quickly like

Oh, you're from the glen? I grew up next to Sarsfields... In school we were basically taught to hate the glen hurling club

Kinda hard! How bout Gaelic Irish can u speak it? Since u are An Irish.

I am descended from the Meade and Downey families of Cork

hey mate do you know any twomey's? or O'Twomeys?

Lethal 😎

This is literally the mamas from Derry Girls

Hey great video!! Your accent is really interesting.I think you're cute... lol anyways., im looking to relocate to Cork soon... I was wondering if there are any jobs for multi lingual people. I am originally from Italy and i speak spanish and english.

I'm from cork

who are the guards? 🤨

I wud yaa. I actually do get that it means they are saying I wud yaa in a sarcastic voice lol. In Meath say if a person asks a Meath girl would you kiss max and she would say Oh yeee sureeee they actually mean that in an sarcastic way meaning NO WAYYYY. Lol

hey boyo good cork word.

Glanmire

ah shur you'll be grand like

Are you okay?

I'm from north cork yay😂

lol I know de Dublin people people would be talkin to me der now and dey say wtf u sayin

Yup the North,,,,, Farranree Girl Here

Who doesn't say "Like" endlessly these days. I worked with people on the Cork Telephone exchange Transfer and they sounded nothing like you. Check out Dennehys Cross Ericsson ARF Crossbar Telephone Exchange those are REAL cork accents.

What about Baayyy or bahhh

Glanmire gurl yup yup🇮🇪🇮🇪